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Patient Simulation
CAE HEALTHCARE 2015 CATALOG
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The Caesar trauma patient simulator passes through the
decontamination line at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.
Center for Domestic Preparedness
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Anniston, USA
Over the course of amonth, the 100-bed hospital
in Anniston, Alabama, might overflowwith victims
of smallpox, mustard gas, dirty bomb explosions,
chemical poisoning, mass shootings or natural
disasters—all simulated and dropped into a routine
hospital setting. As part of the Center for Domestic
Preparedness, the Noble Training Facility (NTF) is
the only fully operational hospital in the U.S. dedi-
cated to preparing all disciplines of healthcare for
mass casualty events caused by weapons of mass
destruction and natural disasters.
“When they come to us, they already have
the skills, and we throw them into the midst of
a catastrophic disaster,” says patient simulator
specialist Robi Mobley. The Noble Training Facility
has an emergency room, medical and pediatric
ICUs, a pediatric unit, three operating rooms, labor
and delivery rooms, a nursery and a collection
of patient simulators that includes 12 METIman
simulators, five Caesars, five adult HPS and four
pediatric HPS simulators.
The scenarios are complex andchallenging,
intended to impact experienced clinicians on
many levels. For example, the hospital might
discover that a chicken pox outbreak is actually
smallpox. Students may have to lock down or
isolate the patients. “Add a botulism scare, a
shooting, an abducted baby and a couple of
drunks, and you have a normal day in an
emergency room,” says Mobley. “We throw in
these distractors to help break the stress level.”
Often, a facility or region will send a team
of physicians, nurses, EMTs andmedics to run
through a scenario. “In a mass casualty situation,
people could be pulled from all aspects of the
hospital setting,” Mobley says. “We’ve even had
CEOs and CFOs come in.”
Educator: Innovator
—Patient Simulator Specialist Robi Mobley,
Center for Domestic Preparedness